Category: Wk 6: Attention, Persuasion, Resistance
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Political Coding : The Rhetorical Power of Redistricting Algorithms
Explore how redistricting software uses “cold logic” to carve political maps and why the code behind our democracy is a powerful rhetorical act.
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Heartbleed Rhetorical Code: Why Software Isn’t Just Logic
The Heartbleed bug shows that code isn’t just technical, it communicates meaning, shapes behavior, and carries real rhetorical power.
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Code(d) Learning
Code isn’t just functional, it communicates. Procedural rhetoric works within digital rhetoric, shaping behavior through systems and rules.
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Scrolling Down the Rabbit Hole: The Rhetoric of Code
Can code be rhetorical? Yes. Yes, it can. Rhetoric in code persuades our actions, behaviors, and meaning-making in digital spaces.
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Thinking About Code
A reflective look at how code holds meaning and shapes communication, inspired by Kevin Brock’s ideas on critical code studies and rhetoric.
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The Relevance of Coding
Coding is everywhere in today’s world where everything is digital. Everything we use that involves technology is made through code.
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Why Code Is More Than Just Lines on a Screen
A glowing screen with lines of code, illustrating how code shapes our digital world and drives innovation in every pixel
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The Code Behind Pinterest
Through its physical, cultural, and rhetorical code, Pinterest, as a platform, has enabled users to connect to its app in a creative way.
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When Code Speaks: Figuring out Rhetoric in Digital Spaces
Code is not just technical, it is very persuasive. Digital systems have a way to shape people’s choices, values, and everyday interactions.
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Code: The Unspoken Rhetoric
Explore how code works as unspoken rhetoric from developer comments to Myspace layouts, revealing how digital systems communicate and persuade
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Rhetorical Code
Rhetorical Code is a language used between humans and computers. Humans can leave comments for each other written in code that computers can’t understand.
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Code Talks to Computers…But It Talks to Humans Even More
Code isn’t born outta nowhere – someone’s always behind it, shaped by their background, beliefs, blind spots, along with real concerns.
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What if We Gave Code a Personality?
Brock reminds us: code isn’t just instructions. It’s persuasion with power, shaping how we move, think, and interact online.
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Understanding Code as Rhetoric
Struggling with coding showed me that every line sends a message. Understanding code as rhetoric helps reveal how technology quietly shapes our lives.
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Algorithm: The Real Decision Marker
Algorithms aren’t neutral; they communicate values, shape behavior, and influence society, making them rhetorical, not just technical.